Daishōji Station (大聖寺駅, Daishōji-eki) is a railway station on the Hapi-Line Fukui Line in the city of Kaga, Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan, operated by the IR Ishikawa Railway and Hapi-line Fukui.

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Daishōji Station 大聖寺駅
Daishōji Station in 2020
General information
Location	136 Kumasaka-machi, Kaga-shi, Ishikawa-ken 922-0842 Japan
Coordinates	36.3002°N 136.3149°E / 36.3002; 136.3149
Owned by	IR Ishikawa Railway
Operated by	Hapi-Line Fukui IR Ishikawa Railway
Line(s)	Hapi-Line Fukui Line IR Ishikawa Railway Line
Distance	84.3 km from Tsuruga
Platforms	1 side + 1 island platform
Tracks	3
Construction
Structure type	At grade
Other information
Status	Staffed (Midori no Madoguchi)
Website	Official website
History
Opened	20 September 1897
Passengers
FY2015	902 daily
Location Daishōji Station Location within Japan

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Daishōji Station is served by the IR Ishikawa Railway and Hapi-line Fukui. It serves as the western terminus of the IR Ishikawa Railway and the eastern terminus of the Hapi-line Fukui Line.

The station consists of one side platform and one island platform connected by a footbridge. The station has a Midori no Madoguchi staffed ticket office.

The station opened on 20 September 1897. With the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR West.

Effective the timetable revision on 16 March 2024, the station was transferred from the ownership of JR West to the IR Ishikawa Railway, serving as the western terminus for the IR Ishikawa Railway and the eastern terminus of the Hapi-line Fukui Line as of the same date.^[1] The transfer coincided with the opening of the Hokuriku Shinkansen extension from Kanazawa to Tsuruga.^[2]

In fiscal 2015, the station was used by an average of 902 passengers daily (boarding passengers only).^[3]

• National Route 8
• National Route 305
• Kaga City Hall
• Kaga Post Office

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